While alopecia can present hair care challenges, it doesn’t have to mean sacrificing natural hairstyles. Embracing natural hair can be a powerful way for black women to cope with the emotional effects ...

Here's how a year without braids helped one writer recover from traction alopecia and find healthy protective styles.

Traction alopecia is hair loss that is triggered by improper hair maintenance or hairstyles that stress the hair follicles [Courtesy] Having a full head of hair is a bigger blessing than many ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Traction alopecia can be reversed or reduced when clinicians are mindful of culturally sensitive practices and ...

It can be very difficult to step outside and feel gorgeous when your hair is thinning. According to the American Academy of Dermatology Association, we typically lose between 50 to 100 strands of hair ...

September is Alopecia Awareness Month, intended to be a time to educate people about the condition — an autoimmune condition that damages hair follicles and causes hair loss — and to support those who ...

Scientists at Harvard have developed a promising new treatment to reverse hair loss associated with alopecia. Painless microneedle patches loaded with an immune regulating drug regrew hair in mice ...

Jada Pinkett Smith’s hair loss condition played a major role in an incident at the Oscars. Here’s what we know about it. By Melinda Wenner Moyer Last night at the Oscars, Will Smith slapped Chris Rock ...

People suffering from a rare autoimmune disorder that causes their hair to suddenly fall out, often in clumps, now have a treatment option for the first time. On Monday, the Food and Drug ...